July 2025

Meet-Cute

Animal Encounters
Date: Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Time: 2:00 pm – 2:15 pm
Location: Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center

A group up to four individuals can meet an animal ambassador up close to observe their amazing adaptations and get to know their uniquely charming personalities.

Common Sedges of Pennsylvania: Two-Day Workshop

Date: Thursday, July 17, 2025 – July 18, 2025
Time: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Location: Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center

Take an in-depth look at an often overlooked group of plants—the sedges. Using collected and herbarium specimens, we’ll learn the characteristics needed to identify common genera as well as emphasize how to tell the genera apart.

Training Demonstration with an Avian Ambassador

Animal Encounters
Date: Thursday, July 17, 2025
Time: 10:30 am – 11:00 am
Location: Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center

Observe one of our beloved avian ambassadors as they have an enriching experience outside of their mew during a training demonstration.

Turtle Trainer

Animal Encounters
Date: Thursday, July 17, 2025
Time: 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Location: Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center

Become a certified turtle trainer! Learn how to train a turtle to complete a ‘target’ behavior.

Meet-Cute

Animal Encounters
Date: Tuesday, July 22, 2025
Time: 2:00 pm – 2:15 pm
Location: Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center

A group up to four individuals can meet an animal ambassador up close to observe their amazing adaptations and get to know their uniquely charming personalities.

Training Demonstration with an Avian Ambassador

Animal Encounters
Date: Thursday, July 24, 2025
Time: 10:30 am – 11:00 am
Location: Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center

Observe one of our beloved avian ambassadors as they have an enriching experience outside of their mew during a training demonstration.

Flock Walk with Jane the Sandhill Crane

Animal Encounters
Date: Friday, July 25, 2025
Time: 10:30 am – 11:00 am
Location: Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center

In this 30-minute private program, groups of 7 or fewer can enjoy a walk on the trails with Jane, our resident Sandhill Crane.

Flock Walk with Jane the Sandhill Crane

Animal Encounters
Date: Friday, July 25, 2025
Time: 1:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Location: Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center

In this 30-minute private program, groups of 7 or fewer can enjoy a walk on the trails with Jane, our resident Sandhill Crane.

Community Nature Journaling

Nature Journaling
Date: Saturday, July 26, 2025
Time: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Location: Spring Creek Park

Join Shaver’s Creek staff Alexa Sarussi for a free, in-person morning of nature journaling at Spring Creek Park!

Meet-Cute

Animal Encounters
Date: Tuesday, July 29, 2025
Time: 2:00 pm – 2:15 pm
Location: Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center

A group up to four individuals can meet an animal ambassador up close to observe their amazing adaptations and get to know their uniquely charming personalities.

Training Demonstration with an Avian Ambassador

Animal Encounters
Date: Thursday, July 31, 2025
Time: 10:30 am – 11:00 am
Location: Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center

Observe one of our beloved avian ambassadors as they have an enriching experience outside of their mew during a training demonstration.

Turtle Trainer

Animal Encounters
Date: Thursday, July 31, 2025
Time: 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Location: Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center

Become a certified turtle trainer! Learn how to train a turtle to complete a ‘target’ behavior.

September 2025

Migration Morning Bird Walk

Migration Morning Bird Walks
Date: Wednesday, September 3, 2025
Time: 7:30 am – 9:00 am
Location: Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center

Join Shaver’s Creek naturalists for a leisurely hike to see, hear, and appreciate the many bird species migrating through central Pennsylvania.

Migration Morning Bird Walk

Migration Morning Bird Walks
Date: Wednesday, September 10, 2025
Time: 7:30 am – 9:00 am
Location: Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center

Join Shaver’s Creek naturalists for a leisurely hike to see, hear, and appreciate the many bird species migrating through central Pennsylvania.

Migration Morning Bird Walk

Migration Morning Bird Walks
Date: Wednesday, September 17, 2025
Time: 7:30 am – 9:00 am
Location: Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center

Join Shaver’s Creek naturalists for a leisurely hike to see, hear, and appreciate the many bird species migrating through central Pennsylvania.

Migration Morning Bird Walk

Migration Morning Bird Walks
Date: Wednesday, September 24, 2025
Time: 7:30 am – 9:00 am
Location: Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center

Join Shaver’s Creek naturalists for a leisurely hike to see, hear, and appreciate the many bird species migrating through central Pennsylvania.

October 2025

Migration Morning Bird Walk

Migration Morning Bird Walks
Date: Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Time: 7:30 am – 9:00 am
Location: Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center

Join Shaver’s Creek naturalists for a leisurely hike to see, hear, and appreciate the many bird species migrating through central Pennsylvania.